Epigrams of all sorts, made at divers times on several occasions by Richard Flecknoe.

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Epigrams of all sorts, made at divers times on several occasions by Richard Flecknoe.
Author
Flecknoe, Richard, d. 1678?
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London :: Printed for the author, and Will. Crook ...,
1670.
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Epigrams.
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"Epigrams of all sorts, made at divers times on several occasions by Richard Flecknoe." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A39710.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 6, 2024.

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Against Covetousness.

WHilst those for wealth do sell their liberty, Call't Angling for the golden-Fish, for me; Loving my liberty as I do, I look Upon't as fishing with a Golden-hook.

Page 61

And he who spends his life in getting wealth, And to increase his Store consumes himself; Does just to me as very a Fool appear, As he, sold's horse, to buy him provinder.
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